Coventry City V Huddersfield Under 21's

Last updated : 01 October 2012 By Kev Monks at the AHC

Coventry City team: Burge, Phillips, Lawton, Henderson, Cameron, Roberts, Finch, Malaga, O'Donovan, Daniels, Jeffers,

Subs: Rankin, Gott, Fletcher, Maund, Baker-Richardson.

Huddersfield are playing in red and white and the referee is Kevin Andrews.

Straight from the kick off O'Donovan has a shot from 30 yards.

2.Henderson has a shot blocked.

6. Huddersfield go wide with a free kick. Roberts puts in a storming run down the right and flashes a cross across the goal.

10. GOAL: Jeffers cuts into the area and is tripped and the referee awards a penalty from which O'Donovan scores to make it Coventry City 1 Huddersfield 0.

13, Jeffers shot from five yards is saved.

19. Huddersfield win a corner. Burge makes a fine one handed save from a Matt Crook header.

21, Malaga's low 30 yard shot just skims wide of the post.

24. Billy Daniels has a free kick sent out for a corner, but the referee Mr Andrews awards a goal kick instead.

 27. Phillips has a header deflected out for a City corner.

New manager Mark Robins and Steve Taylor are both at the game again.

28. Burge saves as Crook attacks down the right.

29. Ababaki drives a shot straight at Burge.

32. City win a corner. Huddersfield clear and break but Ababaki heads over.

Mark Robins has now joined Greg Rioch in the technical area .

37. Cameron heads just past his own goal to concede a corner which is cleared after a good header by Malaga and a punch from Burge.

38. Another corner for Huddersfield, this time Scott Kay heads over.

39. Yet another corner for the visitors. Burge catches this one.

42. Surging run by Cameron finds Jeffers whose puts in a good cross to O'Donovan, but the striker loses the ball.

44. Another Huddersfield corner.

HALF TIME: Coventry City 1 (O'Donovan pen) Huddersfield 0. 

Second half gets underway.

Once again City go straight onto the attack from the kick off. A good move followed by a Phillips shot which is blocked but Jeffers fires the rebound wide.

Malaga is putting in some excellent tackles.

55. A City corner is cleared and goes out of play for a City throw in. From th ethrow, O'Donovan crosses for Daniels whose shot is cleared off the line.

57. Substitution. Nathan Cameron is replaced by Rankin. Henderson drops back into the back four.

58. Substitution. Huddersfield make a change Holmes comes on. 

61. Huddersfield take a shot from a direct free kick. Burge just manages to grab the ball after it hit his foot. City race to the other end but Daniels fires his shot wide.

66 minutes gone and Coventry still lead 1-0 in an entertaining game.

71. GOAL: Huddersfield level when Dwane Holmes scores from the right of the area.  Huddersfiled probably deserve their goal for their efforts in the game.

73. Substitution. Henderson goes off to be replaced by Fletcher.

74. Burge saves a Sinnot shot from range.

77. GOAL: Lee Burge goes out and tries to clear twice but the ball is lost 20 yards out and Conor Loftus lobs the ball into the empty net to put Huddersfield 2-1 up.

81. City win a corner.

83. Substitution. Finch is replaced by Baker-Richardson.

84. Booking. Will Roberts receives a yellow card.

96.A bad foul on Jeffers gives City a free kick. Jeffers receives lengthy treatment. He is looking groggy.

O'Donovan takes the delayed free kick. He clears the wall but doesn't score and the referee ends the game and City go down to a 2-1 defeat..

FULL TIME> Coventry City U 21's 1 (O'Donovan pen) Huddersfield U 21's 2 (Holmes, Loftus)